Mama, Don’t Take My Kodachrome Away!
Another icon of a world gone by has hit the dust. Kodachrome, the first film to effectively print pictures in color, is bidding farewell to the modern world after a nearly 75-year run. Goodbye, film; hello, digital. Someone finally took Paul Simon’s Kodachrome away. The last operating processor of Kodachrome film in the world has […]
Is 2011 Time to Get a Coach?
Bill Tenny-Brittian and I have room for a few more people to coach in 2011. We limit the number of people we each coach, so if you’re interested, now is the time to contact us. You have your choice of either one of us at the moment. Studies show that pastors who have a coach do […]
Cultural Tips
In my book Ministry in Hard Times, I contrast the past world with the emerging world by contrasting the metaphors of a national park and a jungle. The world I was born into was like a national park with lots of rules. The world we live in today is more like a jungle with only one […]
Looking Back at 2010
So many things happened in 2010 that it’s hard to know where to start. I will list the events in the order in which I think they will reshape our world. See if you agree. 9.8 percent of the population is recorded as out of work, but the real figure is closer to 20 percent. […]
Your Destiny is Assured in Him
By now, most of us realize that we live in times of both great challenges and Kingdom advancement. Of course I’ve never been pregnant naturally, but I hear that labor pains feel a lot like dying. Yet, it is not death that is coming forth-but new life. For many of us, we look at our […]
“Volunteer” is a Dirty Word
By Bill Easum The words we use denote who we are and how we view the world. Change some of the words you use and you’re on the way to changing the system. That’s why I hate the word “volunteer.” To me the word has come to mean “I’ll give you what I want to […]